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Temple Again Ranked Tops in Entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur Magazine

For the fifth straight year, Temple has been ranked among the nation’s best for entrepreneurship programs by Entrepreneur magazine and the Princeton Review.  Temple was ranked sixth for its undergraduate programs and 11th for its graduate programs in the magazine’s 6th annual “Top 50 Entrepreneurial Colleges.”  Temple improved its rankings slightly from the previous year. The rankings were released September 9, 2008.

Over 2,300 undergraduate and graduate schools were solicited via surveys by The Princeton Review, a leading provider of educational services.  The survey, comprehensive in scope, focused on information in three areas:  academics and requirements, students and faculty (including how many are entrepreneurs) and activities and programs occurring outside the classroom.

2008 Top 25 Best Grad Schools for EntrepreneursEntrepreneur magazine’s website, entrepreneur.com, highlighted several areas 2008 Top 25 Best Undergrad Schools for Entrepreneursof Temple’s program including a focus on entrepreneurship interwoven with a mission for urban renewal and economic development; its Mid-Atlantic Diamond Ventures program – the Mid-Atlantic region’s only year ‘round venture forum program – which assists early stage technology and science companies in securing first or second rounds of angel funding; Temple’s Small Business Development Center; the University's lead role in BioLaunch 611+, a Pennsylvania Keystone Innovation Zone program; the Temple University Council on Entrepreneurship comprised of representatives from all 17 schools and colleges within the University; and several novel competitions focused on entrepreneurship.

In the ’07 – ’08 academic year, Temple was also the only college or university in the Philadelphia regional area ranked tops by three different ranking entities:  Fortune Small Business magazine, Entrepreneur magazine and U.S. News and World Report.

 

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